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Evolution of cell phenotype and extracellular matrix in tissue-engineered heart valves during in-vitro maturation and in-vivo remodeling.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 May 2002
Rabkin Elena, Hoerstrup Simon P, Aikawa Masanori, Mayer John E, Schoen Frederick J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Contemporary tissue valves are non-viable, and unable to grow, repair or remodel. It was postulated that tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV) fabricated from autologous cells and a biodegradable scaffold could yield a dynamic progression of cell phenotype and extracellular matrix (ECM), in vitro and in vivo, and ultimately recapitulate native valve microscopic architecture....
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